- Insets: Whistler: metamorphic foundations
- Garibaldi: where fire met ice
- The Chief: pillar of granite
- North shore canyons: granite country
- Mount Baker: fire mountain
- Stanley Park: where rock controls landform.
Vancouver, famous for its mix of mountain, rain forest, ocean shore and urban life, has a landscape carved from different rock types, each with a unique geological history and landscape form.